Aged care peak bodies ACSA and LASA have confirmed that they will merge and hope to provide a unified voice for the aged care sector. The two major peaks, as part of the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC), recently announced ...

A Victorian Department of Health official has described how she broke down in tears in the midst of a horrifying Covid outbreak that proved fatal for Melbourne aged care facility St Basil’s. The virus claimed the lives of 45 residents at the Fawkner ...

We don’t get up in the morning to age well, we get up to do something. Something we like doing, that lets us give back, shapes the day, broadens our circle, lifts our spirits and keeps us healthy. Sounds like ...

The surge nursing workforce brought into St. Basil’s struggled to identify residents and quit due to fear of losing their professional registration, the Victorian coroner’s court has heard. Nurse Angela Cox volunteered to lead the agency staff sent to St. ...

When Angie Wraight’s husband of 38 years died in her arms during the pandemic last year, she felt lost. A “wonderful” palliative care team had helped keep her husband Brian comfortable through his cancer battle, but when the rush of nurses and ...

Infection breaches and poor communication prevailed after St Basil’s aged care staff were furloughed following a positive Covid case during Melbourne’s second wave. The facility suffered the worst outbreak that swept through Victoria’s nursing homes last year, with 50 residents dying in July ...

The government has finally announced the makeup of the new National Aged Care Advisory Council, with 17 "prominent Australians" tasked with providing expert advice and guidance on aged care. The Minister for Health and Aged Care, Greg Hunt, announced the ...

A new study has found evidence that an Iron deficiency in the brain could be an important factor in developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from the University of Adelaide were studying the mutations in a small number of genes associated with ...

A Melbourne woman believes her mother’s death from the coronavirus outbreak at St. Basil’s aged care facility was a form of “manslaughter”, a court has been told. Maxine Tsihlakis told a coronial inquest into the deaths of 50 residents at the facility that ...

Certain considerations must always be contemplated and envisaged before implementing changes to an environment where an elderly person resides, to ensure they are as comfortable, safe and happy as possible. One area of growing concern is hydration and nutrition, which ...